Established Goals:
W.6.2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization and analysis of relevant content.
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Understandings:
Students will understand that . . .
- How to decipher what an author is saying in the text.
- How to write in an organized way.
- How to derive a specific topic.
- How to decipher what is important and relevant information
Essential Questions:
- What facts support your main topic?
- Why do you feel this way?
- What evidence do you have to support your idea?
- How should you organize your information to be most effective?
- If I asked you how you bake cookies, who can tell me how/the steps?
- Would it make sense to perform these steps out of order?
Students will know . . .
- Key terms: informative/explanatory text
- Examples of informative/explanatory text
- How to gather information
- How to organize their writing in an order that makes sense.
Students will be able to . . .
- Write informative/explanatory texts that convey ideas and concepts using relevant information that is carefully selected and organized.
- Introduce the topic of their text.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
ELA-Reading Backward Design Template Stage 1
Stage 1- Desired Results: ELA-Reading
Established Goals:
RI.6.3. Analyze in detail how a key individual, event or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g. through examples or anecdotes).
RI.6.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
RI.6.6. Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in a text.
RI.6.7. Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
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Understandings:
Students will understand that . . .
- Who the key individuals are within the text
- What the point of view of the author is
- What the main events are within the text
- How to interpret the text and display it in their own way
Essential Questions:
- Who are the key characters within the text?
- What does the author think about these individuals?
- What do you think this event taking place would look like?
- How did you derive this idea? What context clues led you to that conclusion?
- What is the message the author is trying to get across in this text?
- Do you agree/disagree with the author of this text? Why?
Students will know . . .
- Key terms: figurative, connotative, point of view
- How to visualize/develop a mental image through text
- How to develop an emotion of the writer through text/context clues
- How to explain their own point of view using a different medium
- How to support their findings with facts from the reading(s)
Students will be able to . . .
- Analyze how key individuals, events or ideas are developed throughout text
- Use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning in informational text
- Determine an author's point of view or purpose of informational text.
- Explain how an author's point of view is conveyed in an informational text
- Use a method of different media to develop and deepen their understanding of a topic/idea
Established Goals:
RI.6.3. Analyze in detail how a key individual, event or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g. through examples or anecdotes).
RI.6.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
RI.6.6. Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in a text.
RI.6.7. Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
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Understandings:
Students will understand that . . .
- Who the key individuals are within the text
- What the point of view of the author is
- What the main events are within the text
- How to interpret the text and display it in their own way
Essential Questions:
- Who are the key characters within the text?
- What does the author think about these individuals?
- What do you think this event taking place would look like?
- How did you derive this idea? What context clues led you to that conclusion?
- What is the message the author is trying to get across in this text?
- Do you agree/disagree with the author of this text? Why?
Students will know . . .
- Key terms: figurative, connotative, point of view
- How to visualize/develop a mental image through text
- How to develop an emotion of the writer through text/context clues
- How to explain their own point of view using a different medium
- How to support their findings with facts from the reading(s)
Students will be able to . . .
- Analyze how key individuals, events or ideas are developed throughout text
- Use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning in informational text
- Determine an author's point of view or purpose of informational text.
- Explain how an author's point of view is conveyed in an informational text
- Use a method of different media to develop and deepen their understanding of a topic/idea
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Assignment #3 Understanding by Design
Backward Design:
This is my first introduction of the idea of backward design, and I must say at first I didn't quite understand how it was any different than typical teaching. Obviously, as a teacher in NYS, we are all focused on getting our students to pass certain assessment tests given by the state, that ranks them in a national setting. In order to conduct a proper lesson, we must focus on these learning standards, and content objectives so that the students are prepared for what it is they are going to be asked at the end of the course. So to me, I thought at first, that this was the way most effective teachers taught.
Thennn....I got to the second video, and he really opened my eyes as to what it was meant by Backward Design. In this template we as educators focus on the goals first, working backward to assessment and finally content. We need to not focus our goals for our students on content goals, but rather effective performance goals for the students. Being a math teacher, the math example literally gave me excitement! And to be excited about a lesson on mean, median and mode is quite an accomplishment! That was such a clever way to look at such a mundane topic in mathematics! And I loved how the one person commented, that it was differentiated in allowing those students who tend to tune out math because they're not strong in the content or they have no interest, become interested and find out a way to really describe fairness in a mathematical way. ALSO the best part was getting those smart, talented "math students" to be stumped and have to explain or back up their understanding! Its absolutely brilliant!
This concept of Backward Design makes the educator focus not on the required content goals, but rather use these content goals to further their students' expertise in a greater goal, such as fairness, or why the constitution is important or what it allowed to develop later in our generations (as depicted in the videos). It allows students to think more critically about what they are being taught. And how to apply it to their overall knowledge of not just the content within the course, but how it effects their lives. And to most students this is a very important concept. If they can see the importance for themselves personally, then its that much easier to have a classroom of engaged young minds to expand and teach!
This is my first introduction of the idea of backward design, and I must say at first I didn't quite understand how it was any different than typical teaching. Obviously, as a teacher in NYS, we are all focused on getting our students to pass certain assessment tests given by the state, that ranks them in a national setting. In order to conduct a proper lesson, we must focus on these learning standards, and content objectives so that the students are prepared for what it is they are going to be asked at the end of the course. So to me, I thought at first, that this was the way most effective teachers taught.
Thennn....I got to the second video, and he really opened my eyes as to what it was meant by Backward Design. In this template we as educators focus on the goals first, working backward to assessment and finally content. We need to not focus our goals for our students on content goals, but rather effective performance goals for the students. Being a math teacher, the math example literally gave me excitement! And to be excited about a lesson on mean, median and mode is quite an accomplishment! That was such a clever way to look at such a mundane topic in mathematics! And I loved how the one person commented, that it was differentiated in allowing those students who tend to tune out math because they're not strong in the content or they have no interest, become interested and find out a way to really describe fairness in a mathematical way. ALSO the best part was getting those smart, talented "math students" to be stumped and have to explain or back up their understanding! Its absolutely brilliant!
This concept of Backward Design makes the educator focus not on the required content goals, but rather use these content goals to further their students' expertise in a greater goal, such as fairness, or why the constitution is important or what it allowed to develop later in our generations (as depicted in the videos). It allows students to think more critically about what they are being taught. And how to apply it to their overall knowledge of not just the content within the course, but how it effects their lives. And to most students this is a very important concept. If they can see the importance for themselves personally, then its that much easier to have a classroom of engaged young minds to expand and teach!
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